Belle Grove, was a
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...
plantation
Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...
, on the banks of the
Bayou Black,
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 109,580. The parish seat is Houma. The parish was founded in 1822. Ter ...
, built in 1847. In 1881, it was purchased by James M. McBride from the Marcellus Daunis heirs. It was demolished in the 1950s.
[http://www.eatel.net/~meme/Plantations.html ''Louisiana Plantations'']
See also
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Belle Grove Plantation (Iberville Parish, Louisiana)
Belle Grove, also known as Belle Grove Plantation, was a plantation and elaborate Greek Revival and Italianate-style plantation mansion near White Castle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1857, it was one of the largest mansions ever ...
References
External links
Belle Grove plantation*
''The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer'', January 15, 1898, Louisiana Sugar
Sugar plantations in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
1847 establishments in Louisiana
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